Kinetic analysis of the sodium gating current in the squid giant axon
- 22 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 240 (1299) , 411-423
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1990.0045
Abstract
A critical study has been made of the characteristics of the kinetic components of the sodium gating current in the sqid giant axon, of which not less than five can be resolved. In addition to the principal fast component Ig2, there are two components of appreciable size that relax at an intermediate rate, Ig3a and Ig3b. Ig3a has a fast rise, and is present over the whole range of negative test potentials. Ig3b is absent below -40 mV, exhibits a delayed onset and disappears on inactivation of the sodium system. There are also two smaller components, Ig1 and Ig, with very fast and much slower relaxation time constants, respectively.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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